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The sick mans salve Wherein the faithful christians may learn both how to behave…The sycke mans salue VVherin the faithfull christians may learne both how to behaue…
The sick mans salve Wherein the faithful christians may learn both how to behave them selves patiently and thankfully, in the time of sickness, and also virtuously to dispose their temporal goods, and finally to prepare them selves gladly and godly to die. Made and newly recognised by Master Tho. Becon. 1561.The sycke mans salue VVherin the faithfull christians may learne both how to behaue them selues paciently and thankefully, in the tyme of sickenes, and also vertuously to dispose their temporall goodes, and finally to prepare them selues gladly and godly to die. Made and newly recognised by Maister Tho. Becon. 1561.
London: printed by John Day, 1561London: printed by Iohn Day, 1561
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Phile. Where as the Papists heretofore have taught for the maintenance of their idle bellies, that mens sins after their death be forgiven them, through the sacrifice of that most wicked and abominable Popish Mass, & by pilgrimages going, by trentals, by Diriges, by the good deeds of other. &c. It is a plain• error, & against the word of God. For remission of sins, the favour of God, & everlasting life, is either gotten or lost in this world. H• which through his own repentance & faith in Christs bloud• obtaineth not forgiveness of hi• sins in this world: shall neve• have it by the means of other […] after this life.1 It is written, he ⟨p. 179⟩believeth on the Son of God, hath everlasting life. But he that believeth not in him, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. So many as die, are either faithful or unfaithful. If they be faithful, so have they in possession straightways everlasting life. If they be unfaithful, then doth the wrath of God abide upon them, & they receive the reward of infidelity, which is everlasting damnation. And albeit this appeareth manifestly of the words above rehearsed: yet the history of the unmerciful •ich man, & of the pore Lazar, pain•eth it out very lively.2 In the the see, that •he faithful man, which was Lazarus, so soon as he died, was re•eived into the bosom of Abraham. Contrariwise, the unfaithful man which was the unmerciful glutton, •as carried down straightways in […] hell fire. The like thing is manifestly ⟨p. 180⟩set forth in the two thieves which died with Christ.3